A layer of loess, a rather unstable fine silt deposited by the foehn winds which bluster across the plains, covers the northern and western flanks of the peninsula.
The hot dry wind during the summer months, known as the foehn aids cultivators by having a sweetening effect.
On the leeward side of the mountain, the air flowing downward is known as a foehn wind.
Warmer and drier weather is experienced in the center of the island because the interior's topography encourages foehn winds.
Wind is quite rare; only sudden bursts of foehn or thunderstorms manage to sweep the air clean.
During the winter and spring months in the city appears warm and gusty wind foehn, which causes sudden warming of time.
The climate is generally continental, but is moderated by foehn winds blowing from the mountains.
Besides these, there are three winds of particular regional importance: the bora, the jugo, and the foehn.
